[ Of course Shinpachi is so oblivious that the implications of his joke there - even with the way she reacts to it which should make it obvious to anyone else, but alas.. - completely go over his head. Instead he makes sure to not stop grinning no matter how tired he feels, and he heads after her into the house.

Truthfully, he's not even paying attention to the dust or anything. All he can feel is blessed shadow and he doesn't think he's ever been so grateful for it before. He still tries to not let his exhaustion show too much, but he does take a seat on the floor instead of standing as he looks around, letting out a short breath. See, this is going to be fine. He'll just sit here and if Chizuru finds some papers he'll help her read through them and this way he can regain some of his energy as well instead of being threatened with the risk of passing out at any moment.

Although it's just tempting fate when a Shinsengumi member wonders what could possibly go wrong, huh. ]

Don't worry 'bout it. [ At least it sounds like he's being genuine about it - as he is with most things. ] It's not like I'm expecting you to take care of a house when you're in a different city entirely, huh? Guess no one's been able to take care of it ever since then.

[ Since they never did find Kodo, let alone that he just simply returned home as if nothing was up. ]

.. Well, don't mind me getting all comfortable at your place. [ Because he's already sitting and all.. at least he's not making an excuse to cover up the fact he's doing it since he feels tired, but he's not exactly mentioning it out loud either. He has his pride. ]

You got an idea of where he could've kept his stuff?